First trigger tonight..

RazzyRN · December 2014

So I'm triggering for the first time ever tonight. Ovidrel. I'm a weeee bit nervous. H has never given an injection before.

Anybody have any advice?

Also.. How long after the trigger is ovulation usually?

BandM14 · December 2014

I did my first one last cycle and I was super nervous too, but it was totally fine!! I ended up deciding to do it myself-- at first I thought that it would be better for H to do it, but as it came closer to the time to actually do it I started thinking that I would feel more comfortable if I was in control. He stayed in the room with me and read the step-by-step instructions while I did it. It barely hurt at all, just the tiniest pinch, and was over before I knew it.

You will do great!! Good luck.

LindseyM2012 · December 2014

You'll be surprised by how little you'll feel. Probably the smallest pinch on the way in (way less than a blood draw) and nothing after that. Of course this depends on your pain tolerance, but the needle is so small. Good luck!!!

They say you'll ovulate anywhere between 24 to 36 hours after trigger. Are you doing TI or IUI?

RazzyRN · December 2014

LindseyM2012 said:
You'll be surprised by how little you'll feel. Probably the smallest pinch on the way in (way less than a blood draw) and nothing after that. Of course this depends on your pain tolerance, but the needle is so small. Good luck!!!

They say you'll ovulate anywhere between 24 to 36 hours after trigger. Are you doing TI or IUI?

TI .. I was told to BD today tomorrow and Tuesday and then every other day for a few more to be safe.

Will an opk be positive when before I ovulate after I take the trigger? Or will the Hcg give me false positives.. Since I'm hearing 24-72 hours for ovulation how will I know when I ovulate?

Thank you all btw

LindseyM2012 · December 2014

I'm not sure about OPKs (I don't use them because...you know...PCOS) but I would say have sex every day if you can since I assume SAs were fine and you don't have to "save up" (sorry, I'm mobile so I can't see siggy). Just to be safe.

cbnola71 · December 2014

The Ovidrel shot is better than the Nuvarel! I had to give myself the Ovidrel last month and it was easy. I did get a little nervous right as the needle was about to go in, but it doesn't hurt, only pinches...and I didn't have any tenderness afterwards in the injection shot.

This month, my RE's office gave me the Nuvarel shot, which is intramuscular, and that injection site has been sore ever since! (I got it Friday).

I've been told that the HCG injections typically induce ovulation 36 hours later, as PP have stated. I've never had a positive OPK after the trigger shot, but my cervical position was up and open 36 hrs later, so I'm pretty sure it did its job... GL!!

RazzyRN · December 2014

thank you all!

@lindseym2012 SA was great so no saving up!

@lemonliz i am not temping cause i kept reading that the meds can throw everything off. i assume its too late to start at this point?

DSculley1824 · December 2014

Good luck tonight! You'll do great. When I did my first one last month, I barely felt it go in (I had my friend do it who went through fertility treatments before). I had a bad reaction days after but the actual shot was a piece of cake.

Some pointers. Ice the area before, make sure you know the directions before (read them over a few times before you do the actual process), and inject into a very "fatty" area. If you don't have a lot of a "fatty" area then make sure you gather a good amount of an area in a squeeze lol.

Lastly, I found it helpful to buy HPT cheapies and test out the trigger. It put my mind at ease so I knew when it was out of my system. But, that was just me

RazzyRN · December 2014

DSculley1824 said:

Good luck tonight! You'll do great. When I did my first one last month, I barely felt it go in (I had my friend do it who went through fertility treatments before). I had a bad reaction days after but the actual shot was a piece of cake. Some pointers. Ice the area before, make sure you know the directions before (read them over a few times before you do the actual process), and inject into a very "fatty" area. If you don't have a lot of a "fatty" area then make sure you gather a good amount of an area in a squeeze lol. Lastly, I found it helpful to buy HPT cheapies and test out the trigger. It put my mind at ease so I knew when it was out of my system. But, that was just me

thank you

i have a bunch of wondfos i will definitely be testing out trigger!! plus it will give me an excuse to test everyday haha. thanks for the pointers.. luckily i am a nurse so i know how to give a sub q injection.. i am just nervous it will be on me! and now i dont know if i will do it myself or if i will still have H do it haha

RazzyRN · December 2014

okay.. H just gave it to me.. piece of cake and i barely felt a thing.

thank you all ladies

DSculley1824 · December 2014

Yay! Glad it went well

SND1231 · December 2014

Pp covered a lot. I did my first trigger last cycle and am terrified of needles and blood and it really wasn't bad at all! Just try not to over think it. Good luck!

mshandlebar · December 2014

Glad it went well. I get the same temp results as @BlueFairy5, and I have always been able to pinpoint O even with Clomid and the trigger messing with things. Fingers crossed for you this cycle!

RazzyRN · December 2014

Thank you all! I forgot to temp when I woke up this morning but I will definitely temp next cycle! I have a feeling this cycle isn't going to work since I am O'ing so late.

I did use opks this morning just for fun and it was cool to see positives for the first time ever even tho they are from the trigger. Lol

BunnyBerry · December 2014

Congratulations!! Good work.

I temped the first time or two on Femara and it worked fine, but I stopped because it felt unnecessary with all the monitoring.

What I've read (and told by our RE) is that ovulation is 36-39 hours after trigger. That's why IVF egg retrievals occur at 35 hours past trigger - it's pretty accurate (but now I'm thinking they might use a different trigger?). Of course, O is not an instantaneous event - ultrasound will show a slow leaking of fluid as the follicle ruptures and slowly shrinks up, and at some point in there the egg is released. The egg is not chemically penetratable by sperm until about 6 hours after O. So there is a range of timing in there. Highest success with B2B IUI comes from 24 and 36 hours (good to have sperm waiting) and there is slightly lower to similar chances (depending on the study) with single IUI at 36 hours past trigger. Perhaps timing TI similarly is a good idea.

RazzyRN · December 2014

Thanks!!!! That was helpful!

ashbosity · December 2014

Sorry to quasi-hack your post, but I'm about to start my first fully medicated cycle and just wondering, is $80 from a local specialty pharmacy about the best I can probably get on Ovidrel? From what I've seen, it seems to be in the $100-120 range normally. I'd pick it up, so no shipping.

CupcakecutieRN · December 2014

I paid 84, and I think that sounded like it was the cheapest around unless insurance covers any of it.

pinkdoggie · December 2014

I don't have anything to add as I have not done that yet, but I wanted to wish you GL!

ashbosity · December 2014

Thanks! No insurance for the Ovidrel, hopefully they'll cover the rest though since they categorized me as "ovulation disfunction" for insurance purposes. Aaaannd Walgreens just called and it looks like they probably won't cover the Letrozole either but that shouldn't be much.

cm312rn · December 2014

Good luck!! It's not bad at all. I triggered in my thigh last month and it was easy. Just count to 3 and go for it.

RazzyRN · December 2014

I only paid 80$ for my ovidrel I got it from freedom pharmacy they mailed it to me. I got my femara at a local drug store it only cost me 4$ since it's not technically a "fertility" med

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